From suburban lawn to backyard homestead…with ducks. A journal by Lori Fontanes

Love at Last!

Woo-hoo! We did it! We did it! Oh yeah, love apples, finally, at last, uh huh!

Ahem.

Sooooooo, we got twelve whole tomatoes this time. Okay, not a crazy big harvest but compared to my usual number—zero!—pretty spectacular. And, yes, it’s true that some blight or other did eventually wither the vines and several fruits did succumb during the July heat wave but many of the other tomatoes (good job!) simply toughed it out. (We also lost a bunch to raccoon and/or squirrel but that was to be expected.) So, all in all, a thoroughly satisfying experience with the non-deadly nightshade family this season.

Now, if you don’t mind, please excuse us while the pommes d’amour and I go make beautiful music together in the most loveable room in the house.

That’s right—the kitchen.

😉

Special thanks again to fellow organic gardener/blogger Christienne Leigh Hinz for her timely tips!

Author’s note: This blog post delayed from last month due to the untimely passing of our dear duck, Peep. We actually harvested the tomatoes at the end of July. They *were* delish!

Aren’t they BEAUTIFUL!!! Are you planting your tomatoes in pots or in the ground? Cuz you’re always going to get a smaller harvest in a pot. Now that you’re on a tomato tear, next year will be even more fruitful, I’m certain of it! Mazel Tov!!!

Thanks, btw, for the ping. This success belongs entirely to you, however.

Thanks!!! I’m using raised planter beds and my guess is I could do a better job with the irrigation system next year. (The cukes could use some help in that department, too.) Will research over the long winter break–give me something to do besides shoveling & keeping the ice out of the ducks’ water dishes. PS, reading your last post kicked me in the posterior to get some lettuce & radish seeds going. Don’t think I have it in me right now to do much more… 😉 Thanks again for all your help & support!

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